So, what do people do when elites are far from wise and the real economy does not meet basic needs? First answer: they try democracy, oscillating between right and left. Second: rebellion. Third: emigration. Fourth: low fertility. How do national, regional, global economic and political elites react? They protect themselves against people. The European Commission gave 1 billion dollars to FuturICT, and even more to their Human Brain Project; the former can be used to manipulate societies, the latter to manipulate individuals–neuroscience.